Dual Panel1Be careful <08104> what <0834> you do when you go <01980> to <0413> the temple <01004> of God <0430>; draw near <07138> to listen <08085> rather than to offer <05414> a sacrifice <02077> like fools <03684>, for <03588> they do not <0369> realize <03045> that they are doing <06213> wrong <07451>.
2Do not <0408> be rash <0926> with <05921> your mouth <06310> or <0408> hasty <04116> in your heart <03820> to bring up <03318> a matter <01697> before <06440> God <0430>, for <03588> God <0430> is in <05921> heaven <08064> and you <0859> are on <05921> earth <0776>! Therefore <03651>, let your words <01697> be <01961> few <04592>.
3Just as <03588> dreams <02472> come <0935> when there are many <07230> cares <06045>, so the rash vow <06963> of a fool <03684> occurs when there are many <07230> words <01697>.
4When <0834> you make <05087> a vow <05088> to God <0430>, do not <0408> delay <0309> in paying <07999> it. For <03588> God takes no <0369> pleasure <02656> in fools <03684>: Pay <07999> what <0834> you vow <05087>!
5It is better <02896> for you not <03808> to vow <05087> than to vow <05087> and not <03808> pay <07999> it.
6Do not <0408> let <05414> your mouth <06310> cause you <01320> to sin <02398>, and do not <0408> tell <0559> the priest <04397>, “It was a mistake <07684>!” Why <04100> make God <0430> angry <07107> at you <06963> <05921> so that he would destroy <02254> the work <04639> of your hands <03027>?”
7Just as there is futility <01892> in many <07230> dreams <02472>, so also in many <07235> words. Therefore, fear <03372> God <0430>!
8If <0518> you see <07200> the extortion <06233> of the poor <07326>, or the perversion <01499> of justice <04941> and fairness <06664> in the government <04082>, do not <0408> be astonished <08539> by <05921> the matter <02656>. For <03588> the high <01364> official is watched <08104> by <05921> a higher <01364> official, and there are higher <01364> ones over <05921> them!
9The produce <03504> of the land <0776> is seized by all <03605> of them <01931>, even the king <04428> is served <05647> by the fields <07704>.
10The one who loves <0157> money <03701> will never <03808> be satisfied <07646> with money <03701>, he who <04310> loves <0157> wealth <01995> will never <03808> be satisfied with his income <08393>. This <02088> also <01571> is futile <01892>.
11When someone’s prosperity <02896> increases <07235>, those who consume <0398> it also increase <07235>; so what <04100> does its owner <01167> gain <03788>, except <0518> that <03588> he gets to see <07200> it with his eyes <05869>?
12The sleep <08142> of the laborer <05647> is pleasant <04966>– whether <0518> he eats <0398> little <04592> or much <07235>– but the wealth <07647> of the rich <06223> will not <0369> allow <03240> him to sleep <03462>.
13Here is <03426> a misfortune <02470> <07451> on earth <08121> <08478> that I have seen <07200>: Wealth <06239> hoarded <08104> by its owner <01167> to his own misery <07451>.
14Then that <01931> wealth <06239> was lost <06> through bad <07451> luck <06045>; although he fathered <03205> a son <01121>, he has nothing <03972> left to give him.
15Just as <0834> he came forth <03318> from his mother's <0517> womb <0990>, naked <06174> will he return <07725> as he came <0935>, and he will take <05375> nothing <03808> <03972> in his hand <03027> that he may carry away <01980> from his toil <05999>.
16This <02090> is another <01571> misfortune <02470> <07451>: Just <05980> as he came <0935>, so <03651> will he go <01980>. What <04100> did he gain <05998> from toiling <03504> for the wind <07307>?
17Surely <01571>, he ate <0398> in darkness <02822> every <03605> day <03117> of his life, and he suffered <03708> greatly <07235> with sickness <02483> and anger <07110>.
18I <0589> have seen <07200> personally what <0834> is the only beneficial <02896> and <0834> appropriate <03303> course of action for people: to eat <0398> and drink <08354>, and find <07200> enjoyment <02896> in all <03605> their hard <05998> work <05999> on earth <08121> <08478> during the few <04557> days <03117> of their life <02416> which <0834> God <0430> has given <05414> them, for <03588> this is <01931> their reward <02506>.
19To every <03605> man <0120> whom <0834> God <0430> has given <05414> wealth <06239>, and possessions <05233>, he has also given <07980> him the ability <07980> to eat <0398> from <04480> them, to receive <05375> his reward <02506> and to find enjoyment <08055> in his toil <05999>; these <02090> things <01931> are the gift <04991> of God <0430>.
20For <03588> he does not <03808> think <02142> much <07235> about the fleeting days <03117> of his life <02416> because <03588> God <0430> keeps him preoccupied <06031> with the joy <08057> he derives from his activity.